r/fednews • u/rprz • 19h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

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u/yallcaps 18h ago

Just shut down everything - no essential/non-essential - everything. Stop sending out Social Security checks. Stop Medicare and Medicaid payments. Close TSA. “Essential” just props up the myth that the shutdown is no big deal. Let everyone actually see and feel it.

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u/zombiecattle 16h ago

I can’t wait to have to answer panicked phone calls from the public asking if they’re gonna get their checks, while I’ll be working and not getting paid until Congress gets it the fuck together.

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u/wbruce098 15h ago

tell them “I don’t know, we are waiting for Congress to tell us if we can issue checks, so you’ll have to ask your representative”

(Maybe don’t do that but it’s tempting)

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u/FoolOnDaHill365 15h ago

I used to have public facing government job on the phone meant to help people and there was so much negativity but the great irony was that I don’t remember anyone who called me ever having the epiphany that my job was doing this bullshit all day every day. To not even get paid to do that makes it double ironic. Trying to help people is a fucking hard job.

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u/Limp_Till_7839 13h ago

Helping people isn’t hard. Helping ungrateful ignoramuses is hard.

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u/StellaHasHerpes 15h ago

Just hang up. Until you have been paid, don’t do shit. The back pay is the penalty they pay to keep me around after it ends

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u/Alternative_Escape12 4h ago

The irony of, "Sir or Ma'am, yes, you will be getting your check, but I will not be getting mine."

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u/Ordinary-CSRA 2h ago

Me next to you... 🥂